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From: Bronwyn Lapham
Date: May 26, 2013 6:01PM

Thanks for that, John. Please excuse me for not acknowledging your response
- for some reason gmail has stopped putting unread mail in my inbox and I
just found it. I'd not been able to find anything that addresses this.



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From: "John E Brandt" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:53 -0400
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] MS Office 2013 - Accessibility changes ["John E
Brandt"}
Bronwyn,

I think the official answer goes something like this: "Unfortunately,
Microsoft Office offers no means of indicating that an image should be
ignored, so it is best to simply leave decorative images alone. All other
images should be described with alt text." I grabbed this quote from
Colorado State U's Access site. I am not sure what happens if you simply
leave the description blank. JAWS users want to chime in here and tell us?

I thought I had read somewhere that there WAS a technique for creating the
Null ALT in Office. Can't put my finger on it...Anyone else know of a
method?

~j

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA